Safe patients, smart hospitals : how one doctor's checklist can help us change health care from the inside out / Peter Pronovost and Eric Vohr.

Author: Pronovost, Peter J.

Publisher: New York : Plume, 2011, c2010.

ISBN: 9780452296862
0452296862
9781594630644

Description: xxii, 282 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject: Pronovost, Peter J.
Medical errors Prevention.
Hospitals Safety measures.
Lists.
Quality Assurance, Health Care methods United States Autobiography.
Hospital Administration methods United States Autobiography.
Medical Errors prevention & control United States Autobiography.
Safety Management methods United States Autobiography.
Hospitals.
Checklist.
Patient Care standards.

Notes: Includes index.
"Previously published in Hudson Street Press edition." -- t.p. verso

Summary: While Americans spend more on health care than any other country in the western world, our hospitals and clinics kill more patients. Patient safety expert Dr. Peter Pronovost is working to remedy that, by changing the way hospitals and doctors function day to day. In fact, his ideas are already saving people. By introducing a five-step checklist that standardizes a common ICU procedure, Dr. Pronovost has decreased the rate of infection--and as a result, unnecessary deaths--across the country by 90 percent. In this book, Dr. Pronovost makes reform relatable, easy to understand, and inspiring.--From publisher description.